In the overview below, you will find all programme items for Day 1 of the Dutch Biomedical Optics Meeting 2026. The day features keynote talks, oral presentations, poster sessions, a panel discussion, and a Social Event. Click on the sessions to view which presentations are taking place.
- 09:45 - 10:00 | Plenary stage | Opening
- Welcome
- 10:00 - 11:00 | Scientific programme: Oral presentations - Advanced Optical Microscopy
- 1. Two-Photon Microscopy Through Thick Layers Using Optimal Spherical Aberration Compensation | Arnon A.B. (University of Twente)
- 2. 3D digital pathology with optical diffraction tomography | Jeroen Kalkman (TU Delft)
- 3. AI-driven Intraoperative Feedback of Lung Tumors using Higher Harmonic Generation Microscopy | Sylvia Spies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 4. Nerve fiber mapping on brain tissue surfaces using backscattered light imaging | Loes Ettema (TU Delft)
- 11:00 - 12:00 | Scientific programme: Oral presentations - Laser Speckle and Optical coherence tomography
- 1. Enhanced Optical Sensing Methodology for Wearable Cardiovascular Monitoring: Initial Outcomes | Ata Chizari (TU Delft)
- 2. Simulating scattering by red blood cells using in-house developed Maxwell solver | Swapnil Mache (University of Twente)
- 3. Suppressing motion-induced artifacts in handheld laser speckle contrast imaging to improve skin flap viability assessment | Anne Rook (University of Twente)
- 4. Joint Correction of Focus and Sensitivity Roll-Off Bias for Attenuation Coefficient Estimation in Optical Coherence Tomography | Simone Slootbeek (UMC Utrecht)
- 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch break
- Grab yourself a lunch and connect with like minded people
- 12:15 - 13:00 | Innovation Safari Tours
- Guided tours through the state-the-art facilities
- 13:00 - 14:00 | Scientific Programme: Poster gallery
- 1. Interferometric detection of submicrometer particles in flow cytometry | Kirill Buiankin (Amsterdam UMC)
- 2. DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLID NEONATAL SKIN PHANTOM FOR IMPROVED EVALUATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIBUIN MEASUREMENTS | Lida Dam-Vervloet (University of Twente)
- 3. Label-free 4D (3D+t) Visualization of Dynamic Cell and Tissue Characteristics in Cultured Human Lung (Tumor) Tissue using Higher Harmonic Generation Microscopy | Naomi Duits (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 4. Ultra-Fast Multi-Perspective Photoacoustic Imaging Using CMUTs | Rebekka la Comte (Eindhoven University of Technology)
- 5. In Silico Investigation into the Effect of Realistic Vascular Architecture on Quantitative Photoacoustic Imaging | Max Rietberg (University of Twente)
- 6. Quantification of fluorescence angiography for intestinal perfusion assessment: a phantom study | Jorinde Scholten (University of Twente)
- 7. Connecting 3D volumetric photoacoustic images with 3D histological slices : a single patient study | Barrere Victor (University of Twente)
- 8. Analytical Intralipid: Simulating optical properties in the dependent scattering regime | Xavier Attendu (Amsterdam UMC)
- 14:00 - 14:45 | Keynote talk by Prof. Ton van Leeuwen
- Landscape and future horizons of Biomedical Optics in the Netherlands
- 14:45 - 16:00 | Scientific programme: Oral presentation - Photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging
- 1. Quantitative Photoacoustic Characterization of Carotid Plaque Using Model-Based and Deep Learning Approaches | Mervenur Akkus (Erasmus MC)
- 2. Differentiable acoustics for joint reconstruction of ultrasound, photoacoustics and speed-of-sound | Bram de Wilde (University of Twente)
- 3. MICROSTRUCTURE-AWARE MULTISCALE PHOTOACOUSTIC SIMULULATION | Hamed Ghodsi (TU Delft)
- 4. Realistic Photoacoustic Simulations of Osteoarthritis | Yuexin Qi (Eindhoven University of Technology)
- 5. High Sensitivity Photoacoustic Detection Using Integrated Photonic Ultrasound Transducers | Margherita Vaselli (TNO)
- 16:15 - 17:15 | Panel discussion
- Further details will be shared shortly.
- 18:30 - 22:00 | Social Event
- An informal setting for networking, with food and drinks available.